Groovy for Java Developers
Thursday, 9:00 AM MDT - STANDLEY I
Learn Groovy from a Java developer's perspective. Use Groovy features like native collections, operator overloading, and the Groovy JDK. Additional topics will include closures, builders, AST transformations, and basic metaprogramming.
Tests using both JUnit and Spock will be provided, as well as a Gradle build file. All code will be made available through a git repository.
Workshop Requirements
This session is a workshop. Please come prepared.
You need:
- Java SDK 1.6 or above (full SDK)
- Groovy 2.0 or above (current is 2.3), http://groovy.codehaus.org
Optional:
- Git for cloning samples (zip download also available)
- Any IDE supporting Groovy (Eclipse, IntelliJ IDEA, NetBeans, various shareware, …)
Note: If you can run a bash shell, consider http://gvmtool.net
About Kenneth Kousen
Ken Kousen is a Java Champion, several time JavaOne Rock Star, and a Grails Rock Star. He is the author of the Pragmatic Library books “Mockito Made Clear” and “Help Your Boss Help You,” the O'Reilly books “Kotlin Cookbook”, “Modern Java Recipes”, and “Gradle Recipes for Android”, and the Manning book “Making Java Groovy”. He also has recorded over a dozen video courses for the O'Reilly Learning Platform, covering topics related to Android, Spring, Java, Groovy, Grails, and Gradle.
His academic background include BS degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics from M.I.T., an MA and Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from Princeton, and an MS in Computer Science from R.P.I. He is currently President of Kousen IT, Inc., based in Connecticut.
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